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An excellent image of a most interesting brace of golden Ks bracketed by a set of jagged parens. Must have been at least 2 mechanics who used the jagged K bound trademark.

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These marks, jagged parents here or jagged circles, may almost certainly attributed to the Suhl barrelmakers Klett, dynasty founded about 1777. As they came from a hammer mill the jagged circle may represent a water wheel, but it may also be a “speaking symbol” for the family name. A “Klette” is the German name for that nasty fruit called burr in English, so a circle with spikes around may symbolize a Klette = burr.
Several barrelmakers named Klett are listed:
Klett & Söhne: Heinrich Christoph I 1777 – 1807, Heinrich Christoph II – 1879, Hans Hermann 1822 -1906, Heinrich Christoph III 1868 – 1933
Klett AG: F.A. Klett +1901, later Hans Klett
Emil Klett, documented 1910 - 1939

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